Example sentences of "'s [noun] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Khan emphasized Pakistan 's support for a proposed conference on nuclear non-proliferation in the region to be attended by China , India , Pakistan , Russia and the USA . |
| 2 | In approaching the question of the primacy of Canterbury , we need once more to examine the roots of Anselm 's support for a local claim which ran counter to one of the most powerful principles of papal policy at this time . |
| 3 | Reaction in the wider Muslim world and throughout the South has been similar — in Pakistan , for example , curfews are in force and the military leadership has condemned Pakistan 's support for the multi-national force . |
| 4 | Peking was upset by Hong Kong 's support for the pro-democracy movement . |
| 5 | Mr Lang said that Scottish Office funding for the laboratory complex was firm evidence of the Government 's support for the future importance of science and technology . |
| 6 | ( A decade later , the Pentagon 's support for the large-scale integration of circuits on silicon surfaces almost surreptitiously created a new industry . ) |
| 7 | If the government 's support for the landowning nobility perpetuated its age-old conflict with the peasantry , the direct corollary of its close alliance with industrial employers was confrontation with labour . |
| 8 | On Feb. 14 Labour MP Clare Short resigned from the opposition front bench after criticizing her party 's support for the allied bombing campaign . |
| 9 | It was now Joffre 's turn to convert the doubters , and on 4 September he went to BEF headquarters at Melun and in an emotional meeting won French 's support for the proposed attack . |
| 10 | Thirdly , the Labour party 's support for the social action programme of the social charter and for a minimum wage represents a political double-barrelled shotgun aimed at the working population , particularly those in lower-paid jobs . |
| 11 | The first visit by a senior Chinese official in over 13 years , and designed to signal China 's support for the Cambodian peace process , it had been postponed twice in December due to unrest in Phnom Penh [ see p. 38680 ] . |
| 12 | As one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council , China 's support for the US-led effort to reverse Iraq 's annexation of Kuwait was vital . |
| 13 | Channel 4 's support for the British film industry will also continue . |
| 14 | The French were certainly taken aback by Adenauer 's support for the common market . |
| 15 | Kylie 's support for the green crusade was formed during her childhood years growing up surrounded by the abundance of natural beauty in her native land . |
| 16 | Gladstone 's case for a balanced budget was above all a moral not a technical one . |
| 17 | Others , like Clifford or J. B. Paton , were leaders in various reform movements : in Clifford 's case for a national health service and the abolition of capital punishment ; in Paton 's , for rural colonization . |
| 18 | Private insurance policies against earning a low income per se are hard to find , because once you paid the premium the moral hazard problem central to Baumol 's case for a public enterprise ( see chapter 5 ) would then loom very large indeed . |
| 19 | Keeton 's Case for an International University ( 1941 ) and unswerving interest in legal education and the future of the legal profession in England ( University of Cincinatti Law Review , vol 25 , 1956 ) deserve to be mentioned as facets of a wider concern . |
| 20 | Such a government , Lawrence asserted , ‘ would be child 's play for a decent man to run , so long as he ran it like Cromer 's Egypt , not like the Egypt of the Protectorate . |
| 21 | Joyce , frustrated , moved on to consideration of yesterday 's weather , complaints about the new trainee and an attempt to enlist Helen 's support in resisting the county librarian 's enthusiasm for a local history section at Spaxton . |
| 22 | However , I very much support and understand my hon. Friend 's enthusiasm for a national lottery . |
| 23 | Journalists who shared Herr 's enthusiasm for the whole experience , if enthusiasm is the word , tend to quote with wistful nostalgia one particular line from Dispatches : ‘ I think Vietnam was what we had instead of happy childhoods . ’ |
| 24 | To me , Cornwall was an area covered on the way to the Scilly Isles , with its infamous humpback runway , or to Land 's End for the standard photo of the signpost showing the distance to your home town . |
| 25 | The Russians had taken Trebizond from the Turks , but had suffered bloodily in the Narocz marshes after a noble response to Joffre 's plea for a diversionary offensive to relieve Verdun . |
| 26 | February 1 : He snubs Francis 's plea for an extended trial and joins Leeds . |
| 27 | Mr Blair 's plea for the party-political baggage to be abandoned is a precious opportunity that must be grasped , not least by John Major , who just two weeks ago was blaming crime on ‘ socialism ’ . |
| 28 | I listened with interest to the hon. Gentleman 's proposals for a selective approach towards a recognition of states such as Slovenia and for some form of loose federation for the rest of Yugoslavia . |
| 29 | Jeremy Bray , Competitive strength : Labour 's proposal 's proposals for a new system of scientific institutions , available from Labour Party , 150 Walworth Road , London SE17 1JT . |
| 30 | At the heart of the Dearing Report 's proposals for a new system for setting accounting standards is an attempt to create a new alliance between accountancy and the law to improve the quality of financial reporting . |